• Rok vydání 2010

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID AARONOVITCHThe Communist Manifesto was first published in London, by two young men in their…

As a child Ludo is plucked out of the shantytown where he was born and transported to a world of languid, cosseted luxury.…

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JESS PHILLIPSSoldier, criminal, militant,…

`I want to change, but not if it means changing,' a patient once said to me in complete innocence What do we do when we find…

The perfect gift for Valentine's DayTRANSLATED BY TOM PAYNE AND INTRODUCED BY HEPHZIBAH ANDERSONThe Art of Love may have…

In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of…

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZOE WILLIAMS The term feminism did not yet…

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JEANETTE WINTERSON`What conditions are…

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOREvery day, women around the world…

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARINA WARNER AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY MERVYN PEAKE Coleridge's celebrated poem was written at the…

FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF STONER AND REVOLUTIONARY ROAD COMES REUNIONReunion is a little-known novel. Middle-class Hans is…

He's older than anyone can tell.For as long as she can remember, Lucy has wanted to catch a glimpse of the mysterious green…

It's another busy day for Stanley and friends. At Stanley's School, Little Woo, Sophie and Benjamin enjoy storytime,…

Based on real people, this volume offers a collection of stories focusing on mingling history, invention, literary…

• Rok vydání 1985

Brian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was…

• Rok vydání 2004

In a compelling novel that takes the reader on a strange journey from Indochina to Paris, the Vietnamese cook for Gertrude…

• Rok vydání 2009

Machiavelli's highly influential treatise on political power 'It is far safer to be feared than loved...' The Prince shocked…

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAWAnthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. Realising that his determined…

A Guide for the Perplexed is E. F. Schumacher's classic work of philosophy and a statement of the philosophies that underpin…

Two Irish-American scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder (a 'new fangled' invention) in…

What has made women unhappy in the last decade? Faludi writes 'is not their equality' - which they don't yet have - but the…

Ball games, cars, and romances: the icons and battlefields of modern life. A modern mythmaker with a sharp eye for irony,…

Includes poems that use multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the…

• Rok vydání 2017

In the summer of 1953, maverick neurosurgeon William Beecher Scoville performed a groundbreaking operation on an epileptic…

A well-designed life means a life well-lived.…

We are living in a world full of games.In this ground-breaking book, visionary game designer Jane McGonigaI challenges…

Many aspects of the human mind remain mysterious. While Darwinian natural selection can explain the evolution of most life…

Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its…

Unruly Times is a superlative portrait of the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge, and a fascinating exploration…

'Compelling' Ian McEwan 'Engrossing' Alan Johnson 'Essential' Robert Peston *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Politics has…

'Barthes' purpose is to tear away masks and demystify the signs, signals and symbols of the language of mass culture' The…

• Rok vydání 2019

An electrifying memoir from a Mexican-American US Border Patrol guard. Haunted by nightmares, Cantu abandons the Patrol for…

Britain's influence industry The corporate takeover of democracy is no conspiracy theory - it's happening, and it affects…

The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on Western minds and hearts. For over six hundred years the Empire swelled…

• Čeština

The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain todayYou're British.…

An explanation of what happens to us when we die. The author, a surgeon with more than 30 years' experience, describes in…

How does our economic system impact the way we live? Offering a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance…

When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby…

Joy, sorrow, jealousy and awe - these and other feelings are the stuff of our daily lives. In this book Dr. Damasio draws on…

'Fascinating' Malcolm Gladwell'Your sanity will thank you for reading it' Oliver BurkemanOur world is filled with addictive…

One of the world's leading experts on the neurophysiology of emotions, Professor Antonio Damasio shows how our…

• Rok vydání 2019

`Superb' William Boyd`Fascinating... An exceptional story of espionage and betrayal, thrillingly told' Philippe Sands`A…

• Rok vydání 2019

*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION*`A Great American Novel in the guise of a Great Nonfiction Epic, The…

Graham Greene's 'long journey through time' began in 1904, when he was born into a tribe of Greenes based in Berkhamstead at…

With superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life. as if…

• Čeština

This collection, Helen Simpson's third and best yet, is a loosely linked set of stories about women - at work, at home and…

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORIn '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan - descendant of the architects of apartheid,…